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Progressive squeeze at HCL ProAm – Bridge Duniya
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Progressive squeeze at HCL ProAm

Sandeep Thakral 0 Comment

Srini played this hand beautifully to bring home a slam in the proAm pairs.

 
38
E-W
East
N
North
♠
K53
♥
107
♦
KQ86
♣
A1087
 
W
West
♠
Q98642
♥
Q6
♦
102
♣
964
♠6
E
East
♠
10
♥
J954
♦
J9754
♣
QJ3
 
S
South
♠
AJ7
♥
AK832
♦
A3
♣
K52
 

A 2NT opening quickly led to 6NT contract, and as declarer Srini got some help when Boye Brogeland led a spade to ten and jack.

Srini took his only obvious chance of heart break by playing ace and another, and Boye returned another spade. East – Richa Shriram – had an easy diamond discard available. Srini now tested hearts and they broke his heart when West discarded. A club was thrown from dummy and ♠ K cashed. East was in trouble. A heart discard immediately sells the contract, so choice was between clubs and diamonds, she elected to let go a club – diamond being the more obvious threat.

CK and CA now brought down Queen and Jack, setting up ♣ T, and this card again squeezed East in red suits.

Later in the discussion we thought that West could possibly break the squeeze by returning a club, but that’s not the case.

Declarer wins in dummy with A and cashes his remaining two spade winners. Both heart and club sell two tricks, so must let go a diamond. Declarer can now cross to ♦ A, cash ♥ K to test hearts and discarding a club, and then run of diamonds again squeezes East.

 

Well played Srini!!

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